Zhu Wenzheng this person, in the historical records of few records of life, only a few sentences, as if deliberately hidden, and his lifelong military achievements are outstanding, in terms of merit is not lower than Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others, especially after the Hongdu defense after the war, he made immortal merits, but also laid his position.
However, it is precisely because of Zhu Wen's outstanding military performance that the first half of his life is mighty and powerful, and the second half of his life has ended up in a miserable end, and the historical records have little record, which has triggered people to speculate about him in all aspects.
However, regardless of the reasons for speculation from all sides, only from the perspective of his life, it is indeed because of his personality reasons, which led to his downfall and finally depressed.
In the evaluation of Zhu Wenzheng in the history books, it is said that he is too strong and obedient, that is, he has a bad temper, is irritable and irritable, will always do unreasonable things, be arrogant and uninhibited, and act more extremely.
In fact, there are many cases of Zhu Wenzheng persecuting the people, no matter what the cause is, when the people who have suffered persecution go to the Anchasi to file a complaint, he will hear the news and come and execute the whole family, and the result is that the people are victimized.
Once wanting to neutralize his power in the military, he hit Xu Da with the idea, and even secretly played Zhu Yuanzhang with "Xu Da has rebellious intentions", which shows that he acted obediently and did not hesitate to use any means to achieve his goals. Zhu Wenzheng knew that Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe in this matter, but he dared to stir up dissension in this way, that is, he would not be punished too much by relying on his relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang's uncle and nephew.
This move is equivalent to a side warning to the generals in the army that whoever does not let him will be included in a book by him. This warning was still very strong, because Zhu Yuanzhang was very defensive of the generals, and punishing traitors was ruthless.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang strictly ordered the army not to buy and sell the salt products made in Zhang Shicheng's place, but Zhu Wenzheng dared to send people to go in and out of the Yangtze River with approval documents to buy salt at Zhang Shicheng's salt field, which showed that he was arrogant and bold, and he was bold and disrespectful to military orders.
These actions had already laid the foundation for him, and it was not until Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Zhu Wenzheng was deliberately surrendering to Zhang Shicheng, and Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and imprisoned him. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe it, this nephew would surrender to others, because according to the interests of the gains are not worth the losses, and according to reason, it is not in line with Zhu Wenzheng's fierce temperament.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that this nephew would be seduced by others, and his own suspicions were also heavy, so he eventually stripped him of his official title and took him into custody for interrogation. However, according to the historical data, there is no evidence that Zhu Wen is surrendering to the enemy.
Perhaps, Zhu Yuanzhang also found out later, but the so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and Zhu Wenzheng's loss of power has become a fact, which naturally attracts the attack of others. Because Zhu Wenzheng's bad style for many years has long made his colleagues dissatisfied, he seized the opportunity to participate in his book.
And Zhu Wenzheng's persecution of the people is completely contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of loving the people, and all kinds of factors add up, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who is angry, finally did not let Zhu Wenzheng go, so he was doomed to his tragic end.
However, there is one thing that has to be mentioned, then again, when Zhu Wen was running to Zhu Yuanzhang with his mother in the same year, it was recorded in the "Imperial Chronicle of Non-Records": "In the year of Zhizheng Zhengjia, Chu Yang, the grandmother of Shou Qian, and the father of Shou Qian. Shi Yuan, alone, looked up slightly without thick and thin relatives, although he unified the people, and in his spare time, he thought of his dependents, and he wept without sighing. Separated for several years, the disturbance is seen at first sight, the family is restored, and its invincible joy is restored! ”
From this, it can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang still attaches great importance to family affection, and has a good relationship with Zhu Wenzheng's mother, Wang Clan, and laments that although he commands 100,000 people, he still has no relatives, and it can also be said that he has no real cronies.
Therefore, Zhu Wenzheng was made a close confidant, and when he had little merit, he was made a peer of the Privy Council. Moreover, when Zhu Wenzheng was young, he was very pleasing to Zhu Yuanzhang.
For example, when Zhu Wenzheng attacked Jiqing Road with his army and made great achievements, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to be rewarded but refused by him, and he also said something reasonable. The analysis said: "My uncle has become a great cause, so why not be rich." First give relatives official rewards, how to serve the people! ”
Therefore, later, Zhu Wenzheng was appointed as the governor of the capital, controlling the Chinese and foreign militaries, ranking above the generals, and reaching the extreme in the reward, because Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet been called emperor at that time.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Wenzheng and Zhao Desheng, Deng Yu, and others to lead an army to defend Hongdu, but the marshal was Zhao Desheng, indicating that the main general was not Zhu Wenzheng. Moreover, on the eve of the Hongdu Defense War, the fortifications built only followed Zhu Yuanzhang's concept of "building a high wall" to block Chen Youyi's warship attack.
Among the eight gates of Hongdu, Zhao Desheng defended three gates, the rest of the generals insisted on one or two gates, and Zhu Wenzheng was only in the middle of the strategy to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, in terms of merit he definitely had, but not entirely belonged to him.
There were only 20,000 remnants of soldiers in Hongdu, and Zhao Desheng led thousands of soldiers to hold the three city gates with the strength of one person, the task was extremely heavy, so he could only take the lead and die of serious injuries when the reinforcements were about to arrive.
In essence, Zhao Desheng's merits were comparable to Zhu Wenzheng's, but after his death, Zhu Wenzheng was naturally the undisputed first meritorious minister. But people's mental inertia often only remembers the first, and no one will remember the second. After a long time, the merits of the Hongdu Defense War were all pressed on Zhu Wenzheng's head.
However, Zhu Wenzheng did have great military merits, and although he had made mistakes, he was also punished, so Zhu Yuanzhang credited his son Zhu Shouqian with the title of King of Jingjiang, becoming the only king of the Ming Dynasty's clan.